Yellow

I really like the colour of this lighter, which is a bit of a shame really. I found it on the table in the garden area at the pub i work for. i went straight there after a day hiding at the School of Art. I left the house at half eight in the morning and only got back around seven pm, to get away from the landlord. She had finally come over to my flat to clean and paint over a very very mouldy ceiling. And, i did not want to interact with them in any way. Two days previously they made me take the rainbow pride flag out of my window.

She shouted. I cried when i was alone. Her reasoning was that it made her sad. As well as; it was dangerous to a car which was parked 30 meters away and at a different house, there is a no flags rule (villa flags, gay flags, Ukraine flags or even Christmas flags apparently) and that it was her house and she says so.

I remember feeling greatful for being able to cry, it was the first time in three years.

The flag had been out of my window for months, probably even over a year. My mental health was used an an excuse for not mentioning it earlier. I was not expecting this sort of behavior from a friend who turned into my landlord.

..I have been reassured it is definitely not a gay thing.